DateTool not ISO8601 compliant

2004-06-17 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
Hi, the DateFormat used in the DateTool is supporting only a subset of ISO 8601 date/times. In particular time zones are missing, likewise one must not use milliseconds. I suggest using the class XsDateTimeFormat from ws-jaxme instead, which is a thread safe instance of Format. The only

[PATCH] Random port async bug fix (was: Re: [PATCH] remove deprecated call in WebServer.java)

2004-06-17 Thread Paul Guyot
Aux environs du 16/06/04 à 18:49 -0700, sous le titre Re: [PATCH] remove deprecated call in WebServer.java, Daniel Rall prit sa plus belle plume pour écrire les mots suivants: Thanks, committed in CVS rev 1.26. Daniel, while you're at it, would you mind committing my 1 year old patch about a

Re: DateTool not ISO8601 compliant

2004-06-17 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Do, 2004-06-17 at 09:36, John Wilson wrote: The XML-RPC spec (http://www.xml-rpc.com/spec see the last but one bullet point) says that timezones may not be present in a date. The generally accepted interpretation of the spec is that only the precise subset of ISO 8601 date/times given

Re: DateTool not ISO8601 compliant

2004-06-17 Thread John Wilson
On 17 Jun 2004, at 09:20, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Do, 2004-06-17 at 09:36, John Wilson wrote: The XML-RPC spec (http://www.xml-rpc.com/spec see the last but one bullet point) says that timezones may not be present in a date. The generally accepted interpretation of the spec is that only the

Re: DateTool not ISO8601 compliant

2004-06-17 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Do, 2004-06-17 at 10:24, John Wilson wrote: The example in the spec does not include milliseconds - the generally accepted interpretation of the spec (i.e. by XML-RPC implementers) is that they are not permitted. If so, that leaves still more room for vendor extensions ... :-)

Re: DateTool not ISO8601 compliant

2004-06-17 Thread John Wilson
On 17 Jun 2004, at 09:40, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Do, 2004-06-17 at 10:24, John Wilson wrote: The example in the spec does not include milliseconds - the generally accepted interpretation of the spec (i.e. by XML-RPC implementers) is that they are not permitted. If so, that leaves still more

Spec incompatibility re: Doubles

2004-06-17 Thread Matt Mower
Hi folks, About 3 weeks ago I posted about a problem with Apache XML-RPC encoding Doubles using scientific notation, which does not conform to the spec, but I didn't see any response. I don't want to keep pestering you if I'm in the wrong place. Can you let me know where I should be reporting

Re: Patch: Null-values as a vendor extension

2004-06-17 Thread John Wilson
Apache XML-RPC (or at least Helma XML-RPC which became Apache) used to implement null. It was removed at the request of the author of the spec (Dave Winer). I do not believe that this should be reintroduced. John Wilson The Wilson Partnership http://www.wilson.co.uk

Re: Patch: Null-values as a vendor extension

2004-06-17 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Do, 2004-06-17 at 11:59, John Wilson wrote: Apache XML-RPC (or at least Helma XML-RPC which became Apache) used to implement null. It was removed at the request of the author of the spec (Dave Winer). I do not believe that this should be reintroduced. If so, how do you explain

Re: Patch: Null-values as a vendor extension

2004-06-17 Thread John Wilson
On 17 Jun 2004, at 11:20, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Do, 2004-06-17 at 11:59, John Wilson wrote: Apache XML-RPC (or at least Helma XML-RPC which became Apache) used to implement null. It was removed at the request of the author of the spec (Dave Winer). I do not believe that this should be

Re: Patch: Null-values as a vendor extension

2004-06-17 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Do, 2004-06-17 at 12:35, John Wilson wrote: MinML-RPC is a minimal XML-RPC implementation. This is very interesting, but I have some pushback. There is no such thing as the nil/ extension. If we added it, it would break at least one implementation. Please appreciate the bigger picture.

Re: Patch: Null-values as a vendor extension

2004-06-17 Thread John Wilson
On 17 Jun 2004, at 12:00, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Do, 2004-06-17 at 12:35, John Wilson wrote: MinML-RPC is a minimal XML-RPC implementation. This is very interesting, but I have some pushback. There is no such thing as the nil/ extension. If we added it, it would break at least one